The EndpointDispatcher and the System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.DispatchRuntime classes expose the runtime customization points for endpoints in a service. The EndpointDispatcher can be used to control which messages it can process and some endpoint-related information. The DispatchRuntime has a large number of properties used to insert custom extensions into the endpoint-wide runtime.

Use the EndpointDispatcher object to configure or extend the process of receiving messages from the associated ChannelDispatcher, converting from message objects to objects used as parameters, and invoking an endpoint operation as well as the reverse process.

Typically, the EndpointDispatcher for an endpoint is obtained by implementing the IEndpointBehavior interface, but you can access the EndpointDispatcher from the other behavior interfaces.

The ChannelDispatcher property gets the associated ChannelDispatcher object, which sends and receives messages to and from the EndpointDispatcher and which can be used to inspect or modify other channel-related values and behaviors.